Joseph Boyt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1833-1837, Wool, Dorset, England; Baptism record for Henry (1833) and Richard (1834) shows Joseph's occupation as "shoemaker." On baptism record for Anna Maria (1837) Joseph's occupation is shown as "shoemaker and farmer."
• Occupation: 1841 - 1852, Arne, Dorset; Farmer (as shown on 1841 and 1851 census reports, and on death certificate)
• Death: 23 Sep 1852, Arne, Dorset; Cause of death: King's Evil, several years, not certified. "Kings' Evil" was scrofula, defined as "a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma." According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica scrofula was "once popularly supposed to be curable by the touch of royalty. The custom of touching was first adopted in England by Edward the Confessor and in France by Philip I. In England the practice was attended with great ceremony; and from the time of Henry VII sufferers were presented with especially touched coins to be worn as amulets or charms. The custom reached its zenith during the Restoration: Charles II is said to have touched more than 90,000 victims between 1660 and 1682. The last royal healer in England was Queen Anne, who touched 200 victims in 1712. In France the ceremony persisted for another century and was even briefly revived by Charles X between 1824 and 1830." The informant on the death certificate was Elizabeth Masters, present at the death, from Arne.

Joseph married Eliza Roberts Crumpler on 28 Jun 1831 in Winfrith, Newburgh, Dorset, England. Eliza (daughter of Richard Smith Crumpler and Mary Roberts) was born in 1809 in Briantspuddle; died in AFT. 1851 in Census for Arne, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Boyt was born in 1833 in Wool, Dorset, England; was christened on 09 Jan 1833 in Wool, Dorset, England.
2. Richard Boyt was born in 1834 in Wool, Dorset, England; was christened on 12 Oct 1834 in Wool, Dorset, England.
3. Eliza Bula Boyt was born in 1844/1845 in Arne, Dorset; died on 25 Feb 1921 in 49 Haslemere Avenue, Ealing, London W13; was buried on 28 Feb 1921 in St. Johns Church, Bemerton, Wiltshire.
4. Anna Maria Boyt was born in 1837 in Wool, Dorset, England; was christened on 02 Feb 1837 in Wool, Dorset, England.
5. Robert C(rumpler) Boyt
6. James T Boyt
7. George Boyt
8. William T Boyt

Notes:

Christened:
Date shown as 6 Mar 1768 on the Dorset Online Parish Clerk website - http://www.opcdorset.com/TurnersPiddleFiles/TurnersPuddleBaps.htm

Joseph married Bula Manuel on 20 May 1790 in Wool, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
First name also spelled "Bewley" and "Bewly." E-mail from Arthur Boyt dated 17 Mar 2010 indicates correct spelling is Bula Manuel.